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1 This file records noteworthy changes.
3 3.12 (3 March 1998)
4 * Elisp files removed, since they are only usefully distributed with Emacs.
5 * Restore inclusion of compile-time $(infodir) to INFOPATH.
6 * install-info creates a proper dir file.
7 * Various portability fixes.
9 3.11 (31 July 1997)
10 * New commands:
11 - @uref to make a reference to a url; @url now only indicates such.
12 - @image to include graphics (epsf for TeX).
13 - @deftypemethod and @deftypemethodx to document methods in strongly
14 typed object-oriented languages, such as C++.
15 - @html for raw HTML.
16 - @ifnothtml @ifnotinfo @ifnottex for more precise conditionals.
17 - @kbdinputstyle to control when @kbd uses the slanted typewriter font.
18 - @email takes second optional argument.
19 * texinfo.tex reads texinfo.cnf (if present) for site-wide TeX
20 configuration; for example, A4 paper sizes.
21 * info:
22 - arrow keys supported.
23 - trailing : in INFOPATH appends default path.
24 - new option --index-search for online help support.
25 * makeinfo:
26 - output files removed if errors unless (new option) --force.
27 - new option -P to prepend to search path.
28 - macro expansion file can be standard output.
29 * install-info creates a new dir file if necessary.
30 * update-info script to create a dir file from all info files.
31 * Elisp: texnfo-tex.el and detexinfo.el removed from the distribution;
32 - texnfo-tex features are now part of standard TeX & Texinfo packages;
33 - makeinfo --no-headers does a better job than detexinfo.el.
34 * Documentation:
35 - Updates, revisions, corrections in the manual.
36 - makeinfo.texi removed, as it was a copy of what was in texinfo.texi.
37 * gettext support in sources, French and German translations included.
38 * info man page removed; use the Texinfo manual.
39 * Automake used, other portability fixes.
41 3.10 (nonexistent)
43 3.9 (4 October 1996)
44 * makeinfo:
45 - Give a suppressible (with --no-validate) error for references
46 outside of any node.
47 - Keep track of multitable output correctly for split files; this
48 caused nodes after the first multitable to be ``undefined''.
49 * install-info:
50 - Rename --infodir option to --info-dir.
51 - More robust error checking to avoid various crashes.
52 * configure: Include replacements for memcpy and memmove functions in
53 the distribution, in case they are missing.
55 3.8 (30 September 1996)
56 * Define and/or document new and/or previously existing commands:
57 Accents: @" @' @, @" @= @^ @` @~ @H @d @dotaccent @dotless @ringaccent
58 @tieaccent @u @ubaraccent @v
59 Special characters: @AA @AE @L @O @OE @aa @ae @exclamdown @l @o @oe
60 @pounds @questiondown @ss
61 Special punctuation: @! @? @enddots
62 dir file maintenance: @dircategory @direntry; also new program, install-info
63 HTML support: @email @url @ifhtml...@end ifhtml
64 Macros: @macro @unmacro
65 Tables: @multitable @tab
66 Hyphenation: @- @hyphenation
67 Spacing: @ @<TAB> @<NEWLINE>
68 Sectioning:
69 @headings singleafter/doubleafter (change heading style after current page)
70 @centerchap
71 @setchapterstyle
72 Other:
73 @shorttitlepage (simple title pages)
74 @detailmenu...@end detailmenu (help makeinfo parse master menus)
75 * Makeinfo prefers an input file named `foo.texinfo' or `foo.texi' or
76 `foo.txinfo' to just `foo' (the latter most likely being an executable).
77 * Makeinfo implements @. @! @? correctly, as end-of-sentence punctuation.
78 * @key marks its argument with a lozenge in TeX and <...> in Info.
79 * TeX output has substantially decreased interline spacing and other
80 formatting changes.
81 * Remove these obsolete and never-documented commands:
82 @infotop
83 @infoappendix @infoappendixsec @infoappendixsubsec @infoappendixsubsubsec
84 @infochapter @infosection @infosubsection @infosubsubsection
85 @infounnumbered @infounnumberedsec @infounnumberedsubsec
86 @infounnumberedsubsubsec
87 @input
88 @smallbreak @medbreak
89 @overfullrule
90 @br
91 * Deprecate these obsolete commands, to be removed in the next release:
92 @ctrl
93 @infoinclude
94 @iappendix @iappendixsection @iappendixsec @iappendixsubsec
95 @iappendixsubsubsec
96 @ichapter @isection @isubsection @isubsubsection
97 @iunnumbered @iunnumberedsec @iunnumberedsubsec @iunnumberedsubsubsec
98 @setchapterstyle
99 @titlespec
101 3.7 (24 December 1995)
102 * Have --version print texinfo release number as well as the individual
103 program version.
104 * Better man page cleaning.
105 * Update Elisp files from current Emacs release.
107 3.6 (21 June 1995)
108 * Unmatched brace error reporting improved.
109 * Missing comment terminator prevented compilation.
111 3.5 (20 June 1995)
112 * Autoconf update.
113 * Support for parallel makes.
114 * make install does not install Elisp files.
116 3.4 (19 June 1995)
117 * Handle @ifhtml in Elisp.
118 * Update FSF address.
120 3.3 (15 June 1995)
121 * Portability changes.
122 * Compile Elisp files.
123 * Don't distribute .info* files.
125 3.2 (9 June 1995)
126 * Standalone Info can read Unix man pages.
127 * New commands: @! @? @^ @" @enddots.
128 * makeinfo -E does macro expansion (and nothing else).
130 3.1 (23 May 1993)
131 Just bug fixes, see ChangeLog for full details.
133 texinfo-3.0: first release of Texinfo version 2, with many new commands.
136 Here is the separate NEWS for old releases of Info:
138 Version 2.11, Sat Apr 1 09:15:21 1995
140 Changes since 2.7 beta:
142 Although the basic code remains the same, there are numerous nits
143 fixed, including some display bugs, and a memory leak. Some changes
144 that have taken place with larger impact include the way in which the
145 (dir) node is built; I have added in support for "localdir"
146 directories among other things. Info files may be stored in
147 compressed formats, and in their own subdirectories; menu items which
148 do not explicitly name the node to which they are attached have the
149 menu item name looked up as an Info file if it is not found within the
150 current document. This means that the menu item:
152 * Info:: The Info documentation reader.
154 in (dir) refers to the info node "(info)Top".
156 Please see the ChangeLog and documentation for details on other
157 changes.
159 Version 2.7 beta, Wed Dec 30 02:02:38 1992
160 Version 2.6 beta, Tue Dec 22 03:58:07 1992
161 Version 2.5 beta, Tue Dec 8 14:50:35 1992
162 Version 2.4 beta, Sat Nov 28 14:34:02 1992
163 Version 2.3 beta, Fri Nov 27 01:04:13 1992
164 Version 2.2 beta, Tue Nov 24 09:36:08 1992
165 Version 2.1 beta, Tue Nov 17 23:29:36 1992
167 Changes since 2.5 beta:
169 Note that versions 2.6 and 2.7 Beta were only released to a select group.
171 * "info-" removed from the front of M-x commands.
173 * Automatic footnote display. When you enter a node which contains
174 footnotes, and the variable "automatic-footnotes" is "On", Info pops
175 up a window containing the footnotes. Likewise, when you leave that
176 node, the window containing the footnotes goes away.
178 * Cleaner built in documentation, and documentation functions.
180 Use:
181 o `M-x describe-variable' to read a variable's documenation
182 o `M-x describe-key' to find out what a particular keystroke does.
183 o `M-x describe-function' to read a function's documentation.
184 o `M-x where-is' to find out what keys invoke a particular function.
186 * Info can "tile" the displayed windows (via "M-x tile-windows"). If
187 the variable "automatic-tiling" is "On", then splitting a window or
188 deleting a window causes the remaining windows to be retiled.
190 * You can save every keystroke you type in a "dribble file" by using the
191 `--dribble FILENAME' option. You can initially read keystrokes from an
192 alternate input stream with `--restore FILENAME', or by redirecting
193 input on the command line `info < old-dribble'.
195 * New behaviour of menu items. If the label is the same as the
196 target node name, and the node couldn't be found in the current file,
197 treat the label as a file name. For example, a menu entry in "DIR"
198 might contain:
200 * Emacs:: Cool text-editor.
202 Info would not find the node "(dir)Emacs", so just plain "(emacs)"
203 would be tried.
205 * New variable "ISO-Latin" allows you to use European machines with
206 8-bit character sets.
208 * Cleanups in echo area reading, and redisplay. Cleanups in handling the
209 window which shows possible completions.
211 * Info can now read files that have been compressed. An array in filesys.c
212 maps extensions to programs that can decompress stdin, and write the results
213 to stdout. Currently, ".Z"/uncompress, ".z"/gunzip, and ".Y"/unyabba are
214 supported. The modeline for a compressed file shows "zz" in it.
216 * There is a new variable "gc-compressed-files" which, if non-zero, says
217 it is okay to reclaim the file buffer space allocated to a file which
218 was compressed, if, and only if, that file's contents do not appear in
219 any history node.
221 * New file `nodemenu.c' implements a few functions for manipulating
222 previously visited nodes. `C-x C-b' (list-visited-nodes) produces a
223 menu of the nodes that could be reached by info-history-node in some
224 window. `C-x b' (select-visited-node) is similar, but reads one of
225 the node names with completion.
227 * Keystroke `M-r' (move_to_screen_line) allows the user to place the cursor at
228 the start of a specific screen line. Without a numeric argument, place the
229 cursor on the center line; with an arg, place the cursor on that line.
231 * Interruptible display implemented. Basic display speedups and hacks.
232 * The message "*** Tags Out of Date ***" now means what it says.
233 * Index searching with `,' (info-index-next) has been improved.
234 * When scrolling with C-v, C-M-v, or M-v, only "Page Only" scrolling
235 will happen.
237 * Continous scrolling (along with `]' (info-global-next) and `['
238 (info-global-prev) works better. `]' and `[' accept numeric
239 arguments, moving that many nodes in that case.
241 * `C-x w' (info-toggle-wrap) controls how lines wider than the width
242 of the screen are displayed. If a line is too long, a `$' is
243 displayed in the rightmost column of the window.
245 * There are some new variables for controlling the behaviour of Info
246 interactively. The current list of variables is as follows:
248 Variable Name Default Value Description
249 ------------- ------------- -----------
250 `automatic-footnotes' On When "On", footnotes appear and
251 disappear automatically.
253 `automatic-tiling' Off When "On", creating of deleting a
254 window resizes other windows.
256 `visible-bell' Off If non-zero, try to use a visible bell.
258 `errors-ring-bell' On If non-zero, errors cause a ring.
260 `show-index-match' On If non-zero, the portion of the string
261 matched is highlighted by changing its
262 case.
264 `scroll-behaviour' Continuous One of "Continuous", "Next Only", or
265 "Page Only". "Page Only" prevents you from
266 scrolling past the bottom or top of a node.
267 "Next Only" causes the Next or Prev node to
268 be selected when you scroll past the bottom
269 or top of a node. "Continous" moves
270 linearly through the files hierchichal
271 structure.
273 `scroll-step' 0 Controls how scrolling is done for you when
274 the cursor moves out of the current window.
275 Non-zero means it is the number of lines
276 you would like the screen to shift. A
277 value of 0 means to center the line
278 containing the cursor in the window.
280 `gc-compressed-files' Off If non-zero means it is okay to reclaim the
281 file buffer space allocated to a file which
282 was compressed, if, and only if, that
283 file's contents do not appear in the node
284 list of any window.
286 `ISO-Latin' Off Non-zero means that you are using an ISO
287 Latin character set. By default, standard
288 ASCII characters are assumed.
289 ________________________________________
290 This release of Info is version 2.5 beta.
292 Changes since 2.4 beta:
294 * Index (i) and (,) commands fully implemented.
295 * "configure" script now shipped with Info.
296 * New function "set-variable" allows users to set various variables.
297 * User-settable behaviour on end or beginning of node scrolling. This
298 supercedes the SPC and DEL changes in 2.3 beta.
300 ________________________________________
301 This release of Info is version 2.4 beta.
303 Changes since 2.3 beta:
305 * info-last-node now means move to the last node of this info file.
306 * info-history-node means move backwards through this window's node history.
307 * info-first-node moves to the first node in the Info file. This node is
308 not necessarily "Top"!
309 * SPC and DEL can select the Next or Prev node after printing an informative
310 message when pressed at the end/beg of a node.
312 ----------------------------------------
313 This release of Info is version 2.3 beta.
315 Changes since 2.2 beta:
317 * M-x command lines if NAMED_COMMANDS is #defined. Variable in Makefile.
318 * Screen height changes made quite robust.
319 * Interactive function "set-screen-height" implements user height changes.
320 * Scrolling on some terminals is faster now.
321 * C-l with numeric arguement is fixed.
323 ----------------------------------------
324 This release of Info is version 2.2 beta.
326 Changes since 2.0:
328 * C-g can now interrupt multi-file searches.
329 * Incremental search is fully implemented.
330 * Loading large tag tables is much faster now.
331 * makedoc.c replaces shell script, speeding incremental builds.
332 * Scrolling in redisplay is implemented.
333 * Recursive uses of the echo area made more robust.
334 * Garbage collection of unreferenced nodes.